Global chip-maker Qualcomm Technologies and Microsoft have collaborated with leading retailers from across the world to offer new "always connected" Windows 10 PCs powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile PC Platform.

Russian startup Hologroup recently released MR Guide for HoloLens developers. The software gives anyone the ability to make a holographic tour for Microsoft's mixed-reality headset, with no programming necessary. Currently the HoloLens hardware is available to the public only in a costly developer's edition, but it's already seeing useful software. MR Guide gives early adopters the tools to create experiences directly in the HoloLens' native interface, without the need for any additional software. According to Holograph CEO Alex Yakubov: With the help of MR Guide, creating a holographic tour is no more difficult than making a PowerPoint presentation. Now, museums, showrooms,… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Hololens,Microsoft

Bill Gates is officially one of the richest men who has ever lived. The Microsoft co-founder is currently worth $US91. 7 billion, and it's safe to say that within his household budget is an allowance for someone to do his supermarket...

"In general, AI will not replace jobs, but it will transform them. Ultimately, every job is going to be made more efficient by AI," says Facebook's Yann LeCun. Reports of the demise of human labor may be hyperbolic, if you believe the likes of LeCun, Google's Peter Norvig, and Microsoft's Eric Horvitz. The trio, each heads of research for the tech giants who employ them, participated in an "ask me anything" (AMA) session on Reddit earlier this week to discuss artificial intelligence. All three are members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and as such weren't… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Facebook,Google,Microsoft

One of the biggest names in nerd-dom is set to drop by The Big Bang Theory much to the delight of geeks Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj. Microsoft founder Bill gates will make a special guest appearance as himself in a late March...

Enlarge / Microsoft's Phil Spencer speaks at the DICE conference in Las Vegas. (credit: Kyle Orland) LAS VEGAS—In just over four years as head of Xbox and executive vice president of gaming at Microsoft, Phil Spencer has overseen some tough times for the gaming brand. But he says one of the most difficult lessons he has learned in that time came after a company-hosted Game Developers Conference party that featured scantily clad women dancing on podiums. That "unequivocally wrong, unequivocally sexist, unequivocally intolerable choice" led to justifiable public backlash, Spencer recalled at a keynote speech at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas this morning, which Ars attended. But, he said, the "internal backlash at my own company was almost harsher." Instead of sidestepping responsibility, Spencer said he "absorbed the hit" as a leader and used it as an opportunity to "bet on what we stood for... we don't tolerate any employee or partner that enables or offends others... we stand for inclusivity." Doing better ...